Human Body Dynamics. Using Indian Ink and Ink Washes (Week 21)

This week's task was focused on inks, this week's work was quite challenging, mainly because with ink, there is no way to reverse the marks you have made, so it requires you to be accurate first try.

I found with this task that shading everything that isn't highlight, or shading a darker tone around the white paper (where the highlight would be) creates form quite effectively. Understanding the human figure with this task has made me realise how important it is to add muscle definition to define form, it helped me add shadows where muscle groups are and makes it fully realised.

I believe the poses in my work are quite gestural and effective, however, if I could change something about this work, I would definitely try to water down my ink more and build up the tone.